SATELLITE 2025

https://www.satshow.com/

Satellite developers, manufacturers, service providers, and customers gather for updates on the satellite market and opportunities for collaboration on shared technical, policy, and financial challenges. Free-$2999. Washington, DC. March 10-13, 2025.

Space-Comm Expo 2025

https://space-comm.co.uk/

Space-Comm Expo brings together delegations for exhibits, talks, roundtables, and more around the theme, “Accelerating the commercial future of space” as the UK continues to grow its contribution to the global space market. London, UK. March 11-12, 2025.

The 40th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment

https://isrse40.com/

This year’s global summit gathers experts around the theme “Synergy in Sight: Harnessing Earth Observation for Sustainable Development.” The goal is to share crucial knowledge to protect the planet and its people. Farnborough, UK. March 17-21, 2025.

Farnborough International Space Show

https://farnboroughspaceshow.com/

This annual exhibition and conference connects the space ecosystem across industry, defense, government and academia around six major themes - commercial space, operational space, sustainable space, defending space, exploring space, and earth and space. Farnborough, UK. March 19-20, 2025.

40th Space Symposium

https://www.spacesymposium.org/

Global space professionals from all sectors gather to explore critical space issues, dialogue, and drive innovation. $0-$3,560. Colorado Springs, CO. April 7-10, 2025.

JACIE 2025 Workshop

https://www.usgs.gov/calval/jacie-2025-workshop

Join remote sensing experts at the Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) 2025 workshop to discuss new systems capabilities, calibration, and the impacts of improved quality Earth observations on various applications. Reston, Virginia. April 7-11, 2025.

GCA 2025

https://www.geoconnectasia.com/

Geo Connect Asia 2025 Exhibition & Conferences, under the theme “Geospatial Driven Impacts”, combines four overlapping exhibitions with a series of conferences to explore geospatial applications and share cross industry experiences. Singapore. April 9-10, 2025.

SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing

https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/defense-and-commercial-sensing

Leading security and defense industry researchers share the latest in mission-critical sensing innovation from the commercial sector and solutions to challenges in detector and sensor systems, infrared, laser systems, spectral imaging, radar, lidar, autonomous systems, and more. $0-$1075. Orlando, Florida. April 13-17, 2025.

CubeSat Developers Workshop 2025

https://www.cubesatdw.org/

Join hundreds of attendees for this annual global small-satellite conference hosted by CubeSat. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. April 22-24, 2025.

SmallSat Europe

https://2025.smallsateurope.com/

Insights from technical experts and interactive collaboration on in-depth workshops at Europe's leading SmallSat event. €66.50-€495. Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 27-28, 2025.

39th Annual Small Satellite Conference: Reaching New Horizons

https://smallsat.org/2025/

Forum for the small satellite community to review recent successes, introduce emerging technologies and tackle key challenges and opportunities. This year features the same amount of content in a compressed three-day schedule with no weekend sessions, and a new expanded venue. $350-$1000. Salt Lake City, UT. August 11-13, 2025.

Proposals to Advance Long-Term Human Habitation in Space

https://www.spacex.com/v2/humanspaceflight/research/submit

SpaceX and Vast are seeking proposals for crew-focused studies and scientific payloads on Dragon spacecraft and the Haven-1 space station, which is slated to launch in August 2025. According to the joint request, "Vast and SpaceX will offer selected researchers access to a hosted orbital laboratory, on-orbit crew time, and support for project design and flight qualification—at no cost."

NASA Space Technology Payload Challenge

https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-flight-opportunities/access-flight-tests/nasa-techleap-prize-information/

NASA TechLeap Prize will award up to nine prizes to qualified commercial businesses, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, and other innovators, worth up to $500,000 each, plus a possible flight test to develop payloads and advance solutions to meet future mission needs. Register by March 4, 2025.

NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge

https://www.nasa.gov/prizes-challenges-and-crowdsourcing/centennial-challenges/lunarecycle/

This competition around sustainable space exploration seeks to encourage innovative waste management and recycling solutions that can improve the sustainability of longer-term lunar missions. The design that passes the two track, two-phase challenge stands to win $3 million. Phase 1 Submissions Due: March 31, 2025.

Space Waste Revolution Challenge

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/center-of-excellence-for-collaborative-innovation-coeci/space-waste-revolution-challenge/

Selected contributors for groundbreaking research on polymer waste recycling in space environments stand to win $5,000 in total prizes for their recommendations for NASA’s space sustainability initiatives. Challenge occurs in 3 stages executed over 6 months. Close Date: May 16, 2025.

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K2 Space raises $110 million to scale up satellite production

https://spacenews.com/k2-space-raises-110-million-to-scale-up-satellite-production/

Satellite manufacturing startup K2 Space raised $110 million in Series B funding to accelerate production of its lower-cost “Mega” class satellite buses. The round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter, with participation from existing investors. K2 is also developing Gravitas, a 2026 mission under a STRATFI agreement with the US Space Force and venture investors.

Lynk Global fundraise passes $85 million as direct-to-smartphone satellite race heats up

https://spacenews.com/lynk-global-fundraise-passes-85-million-as-direct-to-smartphone-satellite-race-heats-up/

Lynk Global raised more than $85 million of a planned $215 million Series B round to expand its direct-to-smartphone satellite network. The funding comes after most investors in Slam Corp, a SPAC led by former MLB star Alex Rodriguez, opted for cash rather than take a stake in Lynk.

Karman+ digs up $20M to build an asteroid-mining autonomous spacecraft

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/karman-digs-up-20m-to-build-an-asteroid-mining-autonomous-spacecraft/

Asteroid mining startup Karman+ raised $20 million in a seed round for hardware and software development for autonomous mining spacecraft that extract water from regolith and return to Earth orbit to refuel space tugs and aging satellites. Future plans include extracting rare metals and other materials for the wider space manufacturing ecosystem. Karman+ aims for a first launch in 2027.

OQ Technology gets EU funds to accelerate direct-to-smartphone efforts

https://spacenews.com/oq-technology-gets-eu-funds-to-accelerate-direct-to-smartphone-efforts/

Remote IoT narrowband connectivity provider OQ Technology expects up to €17.5 million ($18.2 million) in Series B funding from a European Union-backed accelerator to connect standard smartphones to its small LEO constellation. Their first satellite is expected to be ready for launch in 2026.

Magdrive raises $10.5 million and opens U.S. office

https://spacenews.com/magdrive-raises-10-5-million-and-opens-u-s-office/

UK electric propulsion startup Magdrive announced $10.5 million in seed funding to build a UK manufacturing facility and conduct on-orbit tests of its small 30 millinewton electric plasma Rogue thrusters, one of which is scheduled to launch on D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier in June. Magdrive also plans to open a US subsidiary in Los Angeles and have a more powerful Magdrive Warlock ready by 2026.

Kapta Space exits stealth mode with bold plans for space-based target tracking

https://spacenews.com/kapta-space-exits-stealth-mode-with-bold-plans-for-space-based-target-tracking/

Seattle-based startup Kapta Space secured $5 million from MetaVC Partners, a firm backed by Bill Gates, with participation from Entrada Ventures and Blue Collective. This seed funding will support its electronically-steered metasurface antenna technology for continuous space-based radar tracking of moving targets from orbit.

Blue Ghost 1 rendering. Image Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - ADNET Systems, Inc./James Tralie, NASA/GSFC/Rani Gran

Blue Ghost 1 enters lunar orbit as Resilience flies by the moon

https://spacenews.com/blue-ghost-1-enters-lunar-orbit-as-resilience-flies-by-the-moon/

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lander carrying 10 NASA payloads entered orbit around the moon. It will move into a circular orbit to prepare for its landing attempt near Mare Crisium on March 2. ispace’s Resilience lunar lander performed a lunar flyby and will return for a lunar orbit insertion burn and landing attempt in the Mare Frigoris region sometime after early May.

Astronomers discover 'Quipu,' the single largest structure in the known universe

https://www.space.com/the-universe/galaxies/astronomers-discover-quipu-the-single-largest-structure-in-the-known-universe

Astronomers have discovered a group of galaxy clusters and clusters of galaxy clusters dubbed Quipu, spanning about 1.3 billion light-years – more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way – and containing 200 quadrillion solar masses. This is possibly the largest-scale structure in the known universe, made up of one long filament and multiple side filaments.